Reading: The Supreme Court recently clarified that the new law regarding daughters’ rights in ancestral property only applies if both the daughter and father are alive when it came into effect. This means a daughter would inherit a share in her father’s ancestral property in Mumbai only if both of them were alive after the law changed. But my family is concerned – does this also apply to property our father acquired on his own, not through inheritance? The judgment doesn’t specifically address this, and we’d like to know if this law impacts self-acquired property in Mumbai too.

The Supreme Court recently clarified that the new law regarding daughters’ rights in ancestral property only applies if both the daughter and father are alive when it came into effect. This means a daughter would inherit a share in her father’s ancestral property in Mumbai only if both of them were alive after the law changed. But my family is concerned – does this also apply to property our father acquired on his own, not through inheritance? The judgment doesn’t specifically address this, and we’d like to know if this law impacts self-acquired property in Mumbai too.

Last updated: August 25, 2025 1:15 pm

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2 years ago

Law Forum › Category: Property › The Supreme Court recently clarified that the new law regarding daughters’ rights in ancestral property only applies if both the daughter and father are alive when it came into effect. This means a daughter would inherit a share in her father’s ancestral property in Mumbai only if both of them were alive after the law changed. But my family is concerned – does this also apply to property our father acquired on his own, not through inheritance? The judgment doesn’t specifically address this, and we’d like to know if this law impacts self-acquired property in Mumbai too.

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Apni Law Staff asked 2 years ago

The Supreme Court recently clarified that the new law regarding daughters’ rights in ancestral property only applies if both the daughter and father are alive when it came into effect. This means a daughter would inherit a share in her father’s ancestral property in Mumbai only if both of them were alive after the law changed. But my family is concerned – does this also apply to property our father acquired on his own, not through inheritance? The judgment doesn’t specifically address this, and we’d like to know if this law impacts self-acquired property in Mumbai too.

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Apni Law Staff answered 2 years ago

The Supreme Court’s ruling on daughters’ rights in ancestral property only applies to property inherited by the father. It does not extend to self-acquired property, which is property earned or bought by the father through his own means. Therefore, the new law regarding daughters’ inheritance rights would not apply to your father’s self-acquired property in Mumbai.